‘Grapefruit’ by Maisie Franklin
Maisie Franklin is a student at the University of Exeter. This piece is taken from her Creative Writing dissertation. ...
‘The Fish Tank’ by Austin Bowsher
My name is Austin Bowsher and I am a recent University of Exeter graduate, soon to have my degree in...
July’s Call for Content: Summer of Literature
WRITERS HALT HERE! Welcome to a new month of Summer of Literature! We are heading into July with a month-long...
‘Sweeping Puddles’ by Arlene Jackson
Arlene Jackson is a former nurse, living in Glasgow. Arlene had to leave her profession many moons ago, due to...
Juno Dunn: Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday There was a time of no babies. We listened close for their arrival Ears cocked to the...
Emily Harrison: Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind My grandmother is dusting her porcelain clowns says over time they were forced to love each...
Molly Twomey: Knives We Used on Our Skin
Knives We Used on Our Skin Who did we imagine would pick up our filters, our shattered glass? Our...
Matthew Canavan: Apropos of nothing
Apropos of nothing Fidget enough, and I could squirrel safe Inside the carcass of the tyre swing. A cradle...
17 ways for 17 days: Getting your Flash Fiction story started
Well, readers, we’re knee deep in our Flash Fiction celebrations. Here at The Maker, we’ve been working hard to bring...
‘Unlocked’ by Caroline Burrows
Caroline Burrows’ poetry has featured on BBC Radio 4, been printed in the BBC Sky at Night Magazine, and been...
Baby shoes to Baby Dolls: The Best Flash Fiction of recent years
CAUTION AVID MAKER READERS: If you are reading this, put hands on your paper calendar, your phone reminders, your scrunched...
Anna Godwin: ‘Silence’
Writer and Lancaster University PhD student Anna Godwin responds to May’s Maker theme: Untold Love Stories. A bit about Anna:...